(1) Where in a defined benefit scheme -
(a) that scheme provides certain benefits for the widow, widower, spouse or civil partner of the member on the death of the member (‘beneficiary’),
(b) that scheme fixes, as a condition for entitlement to benefits referred to in paragraph (a) under such scheme -
(i) the age by which the member shall have married or entered into a civil partnership with the beneficiary, or
(ii) that the member shall have married or entered into a civil partnership with the beneficiary on, or before, the day on which the member retires,
and
(c) a member of that scheme attained the age fixed for the satisfaction of the condition referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or, in the case of the condition referred to in paragraph (b)(ii), retired and -
(i) on or before the day on which the member attained that age or retired he or she was in a committed relationship with a person of the same sex, and
(ii) on the day on which the member attained that age or retired the member
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